Test Your Grammar Skills Using Present Perfect Continuous – have/has been + -ing

Test Your Vocabulary Skills A Boring/Fascinating Worksheet About Adjectives Here are some example sentences from this sheet. Choose the best adjective out of the two given in each question below: 1. Sammi didn’t have time to finish the whole exam, so some of her answers were incomplete/deficient. 2. My father’s new car is really rapid/fast. 3. The weather forecast wasn’t very accurate/truthful, because they said it would rain and it’s been fine all day. 4. The noticeable dearth of goal-scoring opportunities means that these are annoying/worrying times indeed for Danby United.

Test Your Research Skills Amazing Inventions 3 Here are some questions your student would need to research the answers for... Write these inventions in order of when they were invented, with the earliest one first: video recorder cornflakes refrigerator bicycle

Test Your Research Skills Amazing Inventions 4 Here are examples of some inventions... Write these inventions in order of when they were invented, with the earliest one first: ballpoint pen television toothbrush

Test Your Research Skills A First Class Quiz Examples of some of the research questions 1. What is the name of the company that delivers mail in the UK? a) UK Postal Service b) Royal Mail c) BT 2. When was it founded? a) 1635 b) 1861 c) 1949 3. Who was the King or Queen of England at that time? a) King Charles 1 b) King Henry VIII c) Queen Victoria

Test Your Research Skills Animals 1 Example: Complete the gaps with the correct collective noun for each group of animals. These nouns are sometimes called ‘terms of venery’: parliament shoal sloth cete leap pride colony nest dole murder dray herd gaggle congregation flock 1. A ____________________________ of geese. 2. A ____________________________ of lions. 3. A ____________________________ of bats.

Test Your Research Skills Another First Class Quiz Some example questions your students will need to research... 1. What is the name of the company that owns Royal Mail? a) Sainsbury’s b) London Mail Group c) Consignia 2. In what year of the 20th Century was the Post Office nationalised? a) 1951 b) 1969 c) 1989 3. Royal Mail produces special picture stamps based on different themes, for example, music, art, and history. a) True b) False 4. How many people work for Royal Mail delivering letters and parcels? a) 47,000 b) 109,000 c) 143,000

Test Your Research Skills Famous Britons 1 Match the famous Briton with the year in which they were born.

Test Your Research Skills Famous Britons 2 Match the famous Briton with the year in which they were born.

Test Your Research Skills Describe a Painting 1 Some example activities... The title of the painting is _____________________________________________________. The name of the artist is _____________________________________________________. It was painted in (year) ______________. Style of painting: landscape ( ) portrait ( ) subject ( ) self-portrait ( ) other: __________. Write down the gallery’s description of the painting:

Test Your Research Skills Fears and Phobias 2 What are you most afraid of? Use a library or the Internet to find out the official names of these fears and phobias.

Test Your Research Skills Smokefree UK – Quiz 1 Example questions 1. When did Scotland go smokefree? ___________________________________________ 2. When did England go smokefree? ____________________________________________ 3. In which places is it illegal to smoke?

Test Your Research Skills Smokefree UK – Quiz 2 Example questions 1. Scientific studies have shown that exposure to second-hand smoke can cause: a l_ _ _ cancer b h _ _ _ _ disease c a _ _ _ _ _ attacks dsudden i _ _ _ _ _ death syndrome (SIDS) 2. What percentage of adults in England are smokers? a) 24% b) 34% c) 44% d) 54% 3. If my work involves me visiting people in their homes, can I legally ask them to stop smoking when I’m there? (Yes / No)

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Australia 3 Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Australia: Example question 1. In Australian slang, ‘laughing gear’ means m __ __ __ __ … 2. …while if you were ‘up a gum tree’ you would be in t __ __ __ __ __ __... 3. …and if you were feeling ‘bushwhacked’ you would be extremely t _ _ _ _.

Test Your Research Skills Smokefree UK – Quiz 3 Example questions 1. When did Wales go smokefree? ______________________________________________ 2. What is the penalty for an employer that fails to prevent smoking in a smokefree place? __________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the penalty for an employer who does not display the required no-smoking signs? __________________________________________________________________________

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Australia 2 Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Australia: Some example questions... 1. Australia’s currency is called the ______________________________. 2. The mountain range that runs down the east coast is called The Great ________________ Range. a) Mountain b) Separating c) Victoria d) Dividing 3. True or false – Australia is the world’s largest producer of diamonds? a) true b) false

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Canada Using the Internet or a research library, find the answers to these questions all about Canada: Example questions... 1. What is the capital city of Canada? 2. True or false - Canada has the largest coastline of any country in the world? 3. How many people live in Canada? a) 21 million b) 31 million c) 41 million

Test Your Research Skills Spotlight on Derby, UK 1 Example questions 1. What area does Derby cover (in square miles)? a) About 20 sq. miles. b) About 30 sq. miles. c) About 40 sq. miles. 2. How many people live in Derby? a) About 225,000 people. b) About 320,000 people. c) About 610,000 people. 3. What would you call someone who was born in Derby? a) A Derbyite. b) A Derbeian. c) A Derboner.